If a plant is named after a person the first step is to make it latin so
Katherine becomes katherina. The next step is to bring it to the second
declination (?) so katherinae is the correct form. Now the following
question arises: published is kathErinae. However the lady is named
KathArine??
Ben J.M.Zonneveld
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
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2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
telf 071 5274738
E-mail: Zonneveld@NHN.Leidenuniv.nl